Blog Posts tagged ‘Steve Scheffler’

The chairman of the Iowa GOP is keeping close tabs on national Republicans’ feelings about Iowa’s spot in the pole position of presidential voting — and he’s sensing no trouble.
“Iowa is looking secure with its early state status, and members are all asking me about who is visiting and may run,” ...

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David Young, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, told a crowd of Christian conservatives this week that he would like to sit down with U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer to share “the good news of Jesus Christ.”
Schumer, a Democrat from New York, is Jewish.
The comments were first ...

In order to win presidential elections in the future, Republicans need a “major reorganization” in their primary calendar – but they should leave in place early nominating contests, a new national report says.
The report, from a special task force of the Republican National Committee, seems to bode well for the ...

Rick Santorum is showering attention on Iowa these days.
Leaders from the Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce are in Washington, D.C. for their annual visit, and the former GOP presidential candidate made a point to show up at their reception Wednesday evening to say hello and shake hands.
There was some joking ...

Tampa, Fla. – Ann Romney delivered last night with a powerful speech that gave her husband a strong character reference, said several of the Iowans who are in Florida for the GOP national convention.
“My wife said, ‘You know, Ann Romney could be the silver bullet,’” said James Mills, an Iowa ...

Treasure Island, Fla. — Ron Paul’s movement could become a victim of its own success, and other grassroots movements could suffer the consequences.
That’s the fear that has Republican Party of Iowa chairman A.J. Spiker and other Iowa GOP leaders scrambling to organize opposition to rules changes up for a floor ...

Treasure Island, Fl. – Even though the establishment seems to be victorious right now, don’t get discouraged, Ron Paul told Iowans this morning.
“The immediate victories aren’t there,” Paul told about 300 people at the Iowa delegation’s first breakfast meeting of the Republican National Convention.
“You say it’s a complete defeat, but ...

There could be trouble for Iowa’s GOP caucuses if convention delegates who want to change party rules for absentee military voters get their way.
Republican National Convention rules committee members from Alabama and Ohio will introduce a measure Friday that would require states “to use every means practicable to ensure members ...

Sen. Chuck Grassley today compared the takeover of the Republican Party of Iowa by Ron Paul supporters to the 1980s rise of conservatives to party leadership.
He said the dismay over the Ron Paul movement is comparable to when moderates protested the party takeover by conservatives. He credited Paul supporters with ...